Located immediately north of Papanasini Temple Complex and on the north bank of Papanasini Tank, Mangaleswara Temple dates to the Ganga period and was built sometime in the 14th century A.D. Dedicated to Lord Shiva, the temple is now some 1.5m below the current road level so is […]
Makareswar Temple is situated at the junction of Rath Road and Tarasundri Road, directly opposite the Papanasini Temple Complex in Bhubaneswar old city. Architecturally the temple has a very simple appearance, and is almost an exact carbon copy of Bakresvara Temple a short distance away. The lack of exterior […]
Papanasini Temple Complex is located at the junction of Rath Road and Tarasundri Road, directly opposite Makareswar Temple in Bhubaneswar old city. The complex consists of four temples, all situated to the north of the large Papanasini Tank. There is much confusion as to the names of some […]
Located directly opposite Bakresvara Temple in the old city of Bhubaneswar, Yameshwar Temple (also known as Yameswara and Yamesvara) dates to the Ganga period of the 13th century A.D. At many temple sites in India there are often legends of earlier structures once existing, but at Yameshwar we […]
Located 100m west of Bharati Matha and directly opposite Yameshwar Temple in Bhubaneswar old city, Bakresvara (also known as Bakreswar) is no longer a living temple and is being maintained by the ASI. Based upon architectural elements, the east-facing temple is thought to date to the late Ganga […]
Located in Badheibanka Chowk in Bhubaneswar old city just 400m north-west of Lingaraj Temple, Bharati Matha is a three storeyed Hindi monastery built in the 11th century A.D. and is one of the oldest monasteries in the city. According to local legend, the monastery was originally established by […]
Mohini Temple is situated a very short distance from Markandeshwar Temple on the southern bank of Bindu Sagar tank. The two temples are very similar in terms of plan, but here the exterior of the temple is extremely plain. Photographing the temple was not easy as there just […]
Located in south-west corner of Bindu Sagar tank in Bhubaneswar old city, Markandeshwar (also known as Markandesvara) Temple is almost a duplicate of Sisiresvara Temple. The similarities do not end there either, as here we have yet more encroachment swamping the temple on three sides with fairly modern […]
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